Kevmeister

Goodbye Bringer, it was nice knowing you

2010-11-01T12:52:00.000+08:00

CabalSEA. It never gets old *shrugs*

Even after earning the title, it seems like I have yet to achieve everything that I wanted, though with most would be their final achievement in this game. Giving up the title is no longer an option - there was a limit as to how much I can pimp my FS.

I still keep my FB as the main entrée and perhaps someday, I'll kick my FS back to high gear when I can afford to but for now, let the others have a taste of power. I'll get what's mine again, eventually.

I'm going to miss that healthy glow ...

I stand firm on my decision

2010-10-26T12:15:00.000+08:00

I had an ultimatum with my dad before. It was not to my liking, but it had to happen. Regretting every single day that things had to unfold in such a way but at the very least, he knew it was his time to give up, give in. Having lost my father had affected me deeper than I would have thought. I know I'm strong enough to brace the coming storm of life's hardship, but I knew nothing of it.

I can probably coup with the changes in life for me now - I'm no longer studying, I've washed my hands off of it and I'm currently working. I'm fairly new to things, I hate the stress but am loving the new experience I get. After all, I love new things. In order for anyone to discover something new, going to places they won't usually go and making mistake from it, one has to be prone to danger and the challenges up ahead. I'm willing to take the heat, given the chance that is.

My mum has always been overprotective. There has to be a time where parents have to let go of their children, eventually. Sad to say, I won't walk down that same path like most children would. I'm an outcast. I'll be shun for the things I do, but it would have been worth it if it were to prove so many silenced statements.

I can't, no I won't take this any more. I will make a firm stand that I will relinquish myself of the burden I have succumb to bear that wasn't mean to happen in the first place. I will not tolerate your total hindrance of acceptance. I will not tolerate your selfish indulgence on lashing your emotional feud on me. I will not tolerate any more constraint that you impose unto me. I will not tolerate you any further.

From 2011 onwards, I will no longer see you. Call me selfish, call me wicked, call me cruel for all that you want but I will no longer consider you as my emotional and filial obligation.

I will move on in life, while you stay stagnant here. I won't let you hold me back because you think it feels right for you. Things happen for a reason, things change and if you can't accept that then you should very well just shrivel up and die on your own.

Dad died, we all know that. We can't turn back time and bring him back, God knows how much both sis and I would want to. He holds us together when things are beginning to fall apart, but he's no longer here, accept the fact. It's not your job to keep this family together, even if it is, you're not doing a good job so stop it before you hurt us more than you already did.

I'm making my stand, since you will never listen to us. Yes. I'm walking out on you because you chose to be selfish about things. I couldn't be fucked to care about it any more, you're about to make me go insane. It's time to say goodbye.

And what was it all worth?

2010-10-21T12:05:00.001+08:00

Dreaming big, aiming high would take your ambitions to greater heights. Though as you go higher and your dreams are fabulous, the price you pay when you fall would also be equivalently as big.

Sometimes I wondered why I dream and want for more. It's in our nature to want more and achieve greater heights in life. There's just no point in aiming so high only to see yourself fall.

In any case, perhaps it's time for me to let go of it all. All the endless struggles and battles I face were all meant for nothing now.

This blog post is especially dedicated to my life in CabalSEA. For all the happiness I've faced, now comes all the hardship that mounts throughout the years. My life in CabalSEA started off with my real life friends and ending without them.

To cut things short, there are so many reasons as to why this has become the inevitable end.

Playing games like this, I always emphasize on both achieving greatness and achieving friends. A little far-fetched but hey, some people were able to achieve this. I thought I could have a shot at this, guess not.

I've gone through so many guilds and sadly, none of which brought me closer to achieving greatness, nor friendship. I'm not saying I didn't make friends along the way, to me, having 'friends' is more personal than what most people would consider it to be. I take each and every one of these relationships to the heart. One false move, and it'll be my emotions that will be tangled upon.

LasNoches, though with so many powerful and famous players in it, I never found happiness. I was blinded by my constant denial of giving things the benefit of the doubt, but it was nothing more than an empty mirage to convince myself that things could get better.

What's the point of being in a guild when everyone in it is just going to do things on their own? Where's the love?

Though friendship was formed long along by some, newcomers do deserve the chance to be part of if not at all in the circles of friendship. I find that hardly happening in LasNoches, sadly.

Guild motto: We Love, United and Strong LasNoches! Pfft. Well, strong is right but I highly doubt it's anywhere near love and united. It's just plain deceiving. It's a guild, but there's so many cliques that it makes communication scarce, or even rare. The strong stays amongst their own kin. The weak just comes abound when there are scraps of 'leftovers' for us to indulge on. We're not beggars, we're not some street junky and hell, we're not going to tolerate your social deficit sense of discrimination.

All that work for nothing. All the things I've done, were all meant for nothing. This is the very last time I would be saying this, I'm leaving LasNoches for good. I will no longer associate myself with the likes of them. From therein and from when the server comes back on, I'm no longer a member of CabalSEA's LasNoches.

Oh I'm gonna bitch alright

2010-10-13T12:21:00.000+08:00

I seriously, cannot take it anymore.

The passed few rants for my blog has been all about work, this one no less. Nothing in my life has caused so much blood boil till today.

Like I mentioned, it was bad enough I had to do web maintenance and editing of websites but now I have to do it on a line whereby I can't even load images properly. What The Fuck?

CMS is soooooo graphical to the point loading it takes ages. When I tried saving from time to time, my login expires. Seriously, this is so fucked up. The reason I had to use the crawling ISP, iZZi is because our interns are using the only cables available for TMNet. I can't believe I have to resort to using my OWN LAN cable just to share the line.

I'm not asking much, in fact now I even only consider wanting to use TM rather than iZZi for job performance, and nothing else. GAH! Why do I have to put up with this! Screw the economy, screw the people who started making 'needs' to 'wants', screw it all!

I'm already squeezing in what's left of my petty time to put together this post. I seriously on the edge of madness right now. Help?

Hi, I can has 'Appreciation'?

2010-10-11T12:53:00.000+08:00

Maybe I'm just being sensitive or maybe I've done too much to go by and let it be taken for granted.

I'm no Superman nor am I Bill Clinton but a simple "Gee Kev, thanks for doing so-and-so for me, I truly appreciate it" would definitely suffice. Not that I'm hoping for something in return but hey, it won't kill for people to show some gratitude from time to time, no?

I'm super frustrated at the fact that sometimes I tend to do stuff and I'm not given enough attention for something I worked to make it the best it can be. I placed my heart and soul to do stuff for people and what did I get? Nothing.

I feel like just letting it go and forget about putting my effort into doing something and just do a half-passed six job just because you are not going to appreciate it anyway.

And I blew a gasket ...

2010-10-04T15:45:00.001+08:00

Looks like I've gotten more than what I've bargained for.

It is pretty true what they say about working. You either have nothing to do or you'd be stressed out at how much shit you have to put up with.

Maybe it is my personality. I hate being stuck or staying stagnant and when I hit a block, I would be upset over the fact that I can't keep moving. I feel exactly like that now. I'm presented with too much obstacles that I clearly can't overcome.

Everyone has a choice to make. Either choose to overcome the obstacle or to turn away from it. I falter to the latter, sooner or later.

I thought I'd be staying true to my job as a copywriter, but no less I find myself wandering in a web of multitasking, or rather, over-tasking.

It's been almost 2 months I've started working with my company. With all due respect, I have nothing against the pressure as the company is very easy going and linear in other aspects of the work ethics other than job scope. I'm being hired as a copywriter but that is far from my own practise.

In a percentage of duties I do in work, I would say copywriting is represented by 20% of the entire fraction. Web content management takes a whooping 60% of my work time and the other 20% goes to clientèle. I just don't think that's how I'm suppose to be conducted as. Seriously, if I'm hired to do a job that is not within my job scope, I feel the zest of outdoing myself in that specific scope beginning to subside and become a drone of economy. Heck, I'm even losing my writer's touch when writing this blog entry because all I could think of is how to manage sites, keeping the page presentable and such.

ARGH!

I seriously don't think I'd be staying long in this company. I'm suppose to work as a copywriter, damn it!

Cabal Online Runes & Blended Runes Guide

2010-09-24T19:34:00.001+08:00

I decided to compile all my findings regarding runes for Cabal Online as a point of reference for myself and as for anyone else who would like to take up this post as a guide.

My guide is incomplete but I will update it from time to time when I get relevant information and the time to do so.

Oh, of course, credits will be given and best of all, it is given right here, right now:

Screenshots of the game were taken by myself from CabalSEA
Original artworks are copyrights and belonging to ESTSoft

Following is the list of FAQ:

FAQ Index

What are Runes?

Runes are the latest edition to the game, Cabal Online in Episode 3: Soul & Sienna, amongst other new features. The Runes (also known as Soul Ability) are similar to the pet option, whereby you can use it to learn specific options such as HP, Attack, Magic Attack and etc. that adds bonus to you permanently as long as you have learnt the Runes and is not deleted from the Soul Ability window.

To access this window, simply press U from your keyboard or alternatively click the icon circled in red as shown in the screenshot below:

Once done, you will see this window:

As you can see, the attribute skills which I had learned are Stun Resist, Down Resist, Knock-Back Resist, STR, DEX, INT and Pet EXP respectively.

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What are Blended Runes?

Blended Runes are an extension of how normal runes work. Unlike normal Runes which are completely passive, Blended Rune requires you to firstly 'activate' the skill or effect that you want in order for it to work passively. For example, having the Shock I, Defenseless I and Sword Pressure I rune learned, you can have all 3 blended runes activated at any one time as long as it is 'activated'.

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When can I use/learn Runes?

You can start learning these Runes from level 120 onwards, as this is where the first rune's level requirement is met and also this is when you start to gain Soul Ability known as Ability Experience Points (AXP). There is a bar right above the EXP bar which is yellow, instead of the EXP which is blue, as seen from the screenshot below:

It is also visible inside the Soul Ability Window (U) as shown in the screenshot below:

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How do I level up my Runes?

Runes require AP to learn and level it. In order to gain 1 AP, it is required to attain 10,000,000 AXP. The character gains AXP every time the character gains EXP. A character at any given time can store a maximum of 500 AP. Once reaching this limit, the character will not be able to gain anymore AXP nor AP until it is spent on Runes.

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Where can I find/hunt for Runes?

You can generally find runes at higher level maps and dungeons.

For Maps:

Lakeside
Mutant Forest
Pontus Ferrum

For Dungeons:

Frozen Tower of the Undead B1F
Volcanic Citadel
Frozen Tower of the Undead B2F
Forgotten Temple B1F
Forbidden Island
Sienna Altar B1F
Forgotten Temple B2F

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What type of Runes are there?

There are altogether 26 types of Runes at the moment for Cabal Online. The Runes, in the breakdown in groupings are:

Stats:

HP
MP
STR
INT
DEX
Attack
Magic Attack
Defense
Attack Rate
Defense Rate

Resistance:

Down Resistance
Stun Resistance
Knock-Back Resistance

EXP:

EXP
Skill EXP
Party EXP
Pet EXP

Amp:

Sword Skill Amp
Magic Skill Amp

Vampiric:

HP Steal Percentage
HP Steal Per Hit
MP Steal Percentage
MP Steal Per Hit

Wealth:

Alz Drop Rate
Alz Drop Amount
Alz Bomb Chance

For reference of each type of Rune after it has been learned, refer here.

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What are the limitations to the Runes I could learn?

Although there are 26 Runes in which could be very helpful if a player is given the chance to learn all of it, however a character can only learn up to 13 types of Rune at any one time.

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What do I need to learn these Runes?

The first thing would be the Rune itself, of course along with other catalysts, mainly cores. The type of cores that are needed for the skill increases depending on the growth and level of the Rune. For a more detailed information on requirements for Rune growth, refer to the Rune Growth Chart.

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Rune Charts

Runes (With Images)

Type	Image	Name	Drop Location
Stats		HP	Pontus Ferrum (Cornus)
		STR	Frozen Tower of the Undead B1F (Chest)
		INT	-
		DEX	Volcanic Citadel (Chest)
		Attack Rate	Volcanic Citadel (Any mobs)
		Defense Rate	Forbidden Island (Any mobs)
Resistances		Knock-Back Resist	Forbidden Island
		Down Resist	Frozen Tower of the Undead B2F
		Stun Resist	Volcanic Citadel

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Change Log
24th September 2010	-	Added HP, Attack Rate and Defense Rate Runes to the table
20th August 2010	-	Added Blended Runes to the guide
28th August 2009	-	Guide is up!

TMNet, I'm ranting again. When will this stop?

2010-08-29T16:07:00.001+08:00

I'm not the first and certainly, won't be the last one to speak about how atrocious Malaysian ISP is.

Time after time being defamed by so many, yet they hardly take notice of it. This, my friends is called the tidak apa attitude.

What is a tidak apa attitude you ask?

Well, let me explain in an actual scenario from the service we are proudly 'supporting', TMNet Streamyx.

Scenario 1

Technician A:	We're suppose to be going to Z's house to fix the wiring today at 2 p.m. sharp
Technician B:	Lah, no need to worry so much. We'll make it there by 2 p.m., can one.
* Their arrival at Z's house at 3.16 p.m. *
Mr. Z:	It's been an hour since our last confirmed appointment.
Technician A:	We're really sorry Mr. Z.
Technician B:	Tidak apa Mr. Z, we're here aren't we?

Even halfway writing this blog post, my connection was abruptly dropped off. No drafts were saved so I managed to do a backup of this in my Word Document. See how bad our ISP is?

Telekom Malaysia has no shame at all, providing us with this kind of service and has the knack to say that they have gone through breakthrough measures to give us the best there is.

It's also sad that there's no worldwide internet governing body that would help us that are deprived of our rights on the internet and its usage to help us out. I guess we're all stranded on this stagnant land known as Malaysia.

26th August 2010

2010-08-26T11:35:00.000+08:00

Weird blog title but I couldn't think of anything to describe this post's topic of discussion, as it covers a huge array of things.

Firstly, what a way to kick start my first week of work. It has already officially been 1 week since I started. It was as Daniel had told me, I've got some big shoes to fill, and tons of work that I need to start funneling my energy, time and concentration on. After the departure of 2 of my colleagues, I have to start picking up where they left off, tackling a couple of clients and going to meetings (all on the first week!). I'm not ranting about this, in fact it's nice to actually see a change of scenery in my life, for that I'm truly thankful.

Onward to gaming drama! I've been in LasNoches for not too long in CabalSEA and I've met a few people in the guild (not face to face just yet, lol) but it seems there has been a debacle going on, the closest of friends I made in LN has left due to a dispute. It really isn't something I find comfortable, for my friends who have had made ties with the guild and the members were to be severed because of a conflict that could easily be solved if there has been a thorough assessment made. I would rather cherish a friendship I made over a judgment that seems equally fair. No doubt it sounds selfish of me to say so, but when it comes to trust, would you place it on someone who you've met for a day or two or on someone you've already known for a year now? Figuratively speaking, that is.

Guild conflicts, turmoils and severance of the ties that bond the members together happens often in any MMORPG but I still think the neglect for friendship exist in the decision to be completely fair. I hope things get better, I don't like this one bit. Two of my guildmates that I've known since I started playing CabalSEA have gone to Oblivion and another one of my gossip partner has gone to AK47. It's not something I like, being left stranded here but I'll respect your decisions but I would hope that there comes a resolve that everyone can be equally happy.

Moving on to my Work in Progress, I'm still writing Chapter 3 but requires a little more time than I had expected with all these commotions. Definitely not giving up on this dream, writing is my passion and will be something that I will take even to my grave.

Anyway, this has been a summary of what has been going on with me, again I truly thank you for reading this :)

P.S. Before I go, this song is going to be stuck in my head for sometime, a classic but it's worth a listen, enjoy!

Well, it's been awhile bloggie

2010-08-18T01:51:00.003+08:00

It's been awhile since I last visited my blog, or even post in it. For the first half of 2010, there has been a lot of trials of life that I had to face.

I'm still a gamer, but I've only minimalized myself to social apps on Facebook, mainly Playfish games (yes, it's bias of me lol) and still playing Cabal Online. Though I've spent a lot on the latter, it is high time I start to save my money and invest on something, real.

The reason I'm posting again is because I see the need to re-express myself somewhere other than Facebook, a place where I can 'compose' my heart's melody, a place for my mind to unwind and for my voice to say the things that a one or two line status couldn't suffice.

As of 8 hours from now, a new chapter to my life will begin. Mr. Dramatic here has finally nailed himself a job and can actually contribute to the society, well sort of (while getting paid for it to boot :D).

My social network is of course expanding beyond the horizons of gamers. Meeting with people from different background, culture and ethnicity has been a refreshing change of the usual crowd I use to hangout with, though I'm not saying I didn't enjoy the times I spent with my fellow Blueserverians and Cabalists, I think I've grown to the stage where lifestyle, accomplishments and career became my mainstream topic in life.

All and all, changes are bound to happen, even more now than I would have imagined it would be. What's there to say that it might be for the better, all I can do is to go the distance. Who knows, I might see my name in lights someday.

And I was like ... and he was like ... and she was like ... random much

2010-01-18T12:11:00.003+08:00

First time back in the study mode after a quite long snooze.

Okay, where to begin? Let's start off with my final year project. What seem to be hard became an extremely impossible task or feat to be done in such duration. Having to make a flash application which uses 3d max video sounds novice in the world today, but my idea was new to Malaysia. The fact still stands - it was not impressive enough. The correspondent officer from Northumbria U (Sir Ian Bradley) was a nice bloke who told me that the markers that will be basing my project on is not on creativity, but technicality.

Ergo, I have to use lots of technical what-cha-ma-call-doohicky to impress them so I proposed incorporating the use of an external DB for the building information and making the offline application workable online (LAN, WAN, internet, whatever it's network). Wow, I just lost another screw from my head =/

Cutting down on games come automatically because my laptop is rejecting as many games as possible. CabalSEA is officially cleared once more because my lappie just 'threw up' the game, giving me constant BSODs and tons of 'medicated' reformatting. Ever since the introduction of Gameguard, CabalSEA has gone down hill and yes, I'm so not touching that game. It's a shame really, a good game in the wrong hands spells D-I-S-A-S-T-E-R.

Still, the only sane and sound thought that keeps me alive is knowing that when all of this is over, I'm going to go out there and do what I want - a junior copywriter and climbing my way up as a art director (some day), it's a long process, but I know that is something I'll give my all.

No, I won't tolerate this (and you shouldn't too!)

2010-01-08T18:35:00.004+08:00

I am seriously at ends with my country. I know, this may be another nonsensical rant but what can I say, our country is full of PHAIL.

Saman is still a thing people dread to see and yes, I actually threw away the first saman issued to me because yeah, I just despise the mere look of it. It's not that I hate being saman-ed (however you spell it in the mixed language context), but knowing who that saman came from pisses me off instead.

I don't think I need to clarify how much corruption that goes on in our so called law enforcers in blue, Namwee did a fine job telling the people around the world in Youtube already how much shit they are. I'm sure within the police force there are some noble people doing their job, but I'm only associating this post to those idiots who succumb to temptation.

Actually, we have to look at what the root problem is and what causes them to be like that. A quick search through news archive shows that an average pay each officers get per month is between RM180 to RM300(source: BBC News). What the ...? Wow, that completely opened up my eyes! Okay, I'm feeling a little guilty now that I'm pinning the blames on them when actually the government is not paying them well. Those people bust their asses and put their lives on the line day after day to keep our country safe for that amount of pay? You've got to be kidding me. No wonder they lack enthusiasm to do carry out their duties. What happened to all the taxes this citizen has paid to the government went to?

Honestly, we all pay taxes and we are thinking where are they going to. The cops aren't getting paid enough, vandalism on public ammenities are usually or never fixed and more over, what is the fate of this country going to be like, 5 years from now?

Okay, let us get back to my story. See, my mom went down to MBPJ to pay the saman that I had 'neglected' to acknowledge at the sum of RM50 (or was it RM100). I paid for it with my own allowance of course as it is my fault after all. She then came to me today telling me that I had an 'extra' saman that I have failed to 'acknowledge'. What the fuck? I know I've only been issued with a saman once and I would have been more careful after that but another saman? Where? When?

She told me it had happened somewhere in June last year and that it was at PJU a.k.a. Kota Damansara. I don't recall having or being saman there and moreover, the only thing I recalled was a minor accident I had with another car but it was resolved there and then but a saman? From out of the blue? Nice going Malaysia, you handled yourself well.

Then, I started to recall a possible outcome to this. The parking system in PJU was a little screwed up. Their machines to accept coins were, in the nicest way to put it - obsolete. See, I do take part time jobs at that place and having the working hours of 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. roughly, which is 7 hours of parking time. The machine only accepted my coins till 4 p.m. that day, for some reason it just blocked its coin-inserting pussy and I have to deal with that. Also, by the time you get to work, had lunch and continued work you could have forgotten about paying the extra hours because we're doing our work no less but if that isn't a convincing reason, here's a business man's point of view - why pay that extra 60 cents when you could be working 4.50 bucks per hour extra? My employers don't charge by the hour but yeah, I think it's much better to focus on my work than rushing down to my car, pay again and maybe the machine won't fuck itself too much and open its pussy to accept coins to pay for the parking fee.

Uh, yeah this is a rant about stupidity in machines and the government, but like I said, my voice will never be heard. I'm just another person among this faceless crowd known as Satu Malaysia, pfft. Given the rightful chance, I'll pack my bags and head out of this shit hole country.

"You tak suka, you kluar"

Nice attitude by the parliament and thanks to your fine examplary, the comments for that video is also seriously fucked up. Nation unity? More like Nation unruly. Think it over people at the higher ups of Malaysia, think carefully. If you want to drive us out, don't come begging to us if your economy falls to the slums, got it?

TMNUT is once again $*@!#%

2009-12-07T00:32:00.002+08:00

It's been like this for 2 days.

International sites are slowest in loading or sometimes don't load at all. Sites like Google/iGoogle and regional sites are still fine but I can't login Facebook without waiting for 5 minutes to fully load the home page itself.

GAAHHH!!! I seriously hate TMNUT for not announcing updates on this issue. Seriously, I don't mind if they were to take time on fixing it, but at the freakin' least inform us on the updates or progress.

Malaysia is a seriously farked up country. Given the chance, I'll migrate without even thinking twice. Malaysia Boleh, tiap-tiap hari pun boleh (pergi mampus).

Quick Update

2009-11-25T14:39:00.000+08:00

Wow, two to three weeks since I last posted.

My humblest apologies, since I was rather busy with a lot of stuff :(

Alright. Let us start of with my gaming life. It was official, I had quitted CabalSEA and it is completely out of my system (no traces were left behind, I hope *fingers crossed*. I'm only active in the social application games by Playfish, actually, game, as I too have quitted Country Story and am only active in Restaurant City.

Upon obtaining my PS2 a few weeks ago, I rather spend time playing it rather than busting all my money over HOTD4 (but I do occasionally play it). The game currently active is .Hack//G.U. which has an exceptionally good story line and not to mention they actually studied online communities to the very pin point precision of its exactness.

As for browser update, I kinda taken a liking to Google Chrome over Firefox because my Firefox crashes way too often and has issues with Macromedia Flash after adjusting its network settings, going back to default did not fix the problem ...

How about some studies talk? Why yes, it's tragic that I have to be pressured by due dates, due dates and nothing but due dates! I wish I could borrow time from someone, pweettee pweez?

Also, I have word from Ben that the upcoming private RO Server project will be able to launch real quick, just need a little network test and configuration and we are all set for Alpha Phase testing, anyone interested in being the Alpha Tester? :)

Anyway, this is after all a quick update. So that is all for now, y'all stay smexy now and take care.

Updates!

2009-11-01T20:08:00.003+08:00

Wow, it's been ages since I last blog huh? My last entry was 17th Oct, which was 2 weeks ago or so.

Anyway, I wasn't able to blog about anything much due to the minsicule time I have left to spare on anything on my secondary to-do-lists.

I was very much caught up with my assignments, it's my final year afterall so I'm giving it as much effort and time as I can. No more slacking overboard like the way I do, it's time to hit the books (or e-books, blatantly lame joke)!

With that, all I can update right now is a few things, keeping them as brief as possible.

First up, Halloween ended up with a blast for me as I attended the All-American Rejects concert yesterday. I didn't have an awesome outfit on but the best I did in show of support as well as fanatism (lol) to the group and something 'Halloween'-ish, I tattoo-ed my hand with their artwork for their newest album, When the World Comes Down on both my hands as I cheered them on in their performance last night.

This was made by a black coloured art lipstick

The crowd was ... in the nicest way to put it, just not what I had expected. Sometimes, I do question the mentality of the people of my country (especially the crowd that went 'Boo!' or 'Fuck You!' when Universal Music was advertising artists). All in all, I get to see the Rejects and that was all that matters.

Besides the point, I decided to drop off all forms online gaming except for Ragnarok Online, as it's the only game I seem to find it fun eventhough if it's on a 2D platform. Oh, if you would consider it, I went back to become active in Restaurant City again (whether an online game or not, it's up to you to decide).

Surfing the web has never been this, optional! Instead of catering to Microsoft (which I'm slowly boycotting for the PHAIL that it is), I decided to use other web browsers to enhance my internet surfing capabilities. Here are the current browsers I'm using (frequency on how often I use goes from left to right, top to bottom):


Mozilla Firefox	Google Chrome	Safari	Internet Explorer

As you can see, my first choice is Firefox, followed by Chrome and then Safari. I only use IE when and I really do me when I NEED to, not want to.

Oh, before I go, I changed my banner at the top as Halloween had already passed (I'm too old and my country doesn't seem to cultivate the tradition of Trick or Treating) and I just made the banner with the limited time I have, so if it looks crapped, so sorry but I'll promise you a great looking one for Christmas/Boxing Day/Thanksgiving.

Until then, Kevmeister's signing off and heading back to his assignments.

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

2009-10-17T02:35:00.005+08:00

I was watching this earlier today and I kinda liked how this was an animated production from Sony pictures, rather than the usual Pixar or Dreamwork's animations. Anyway, the story was particularly interesting whereby a brilliant scientist misunderstood and shun by the people around him decided to revolutionize the way people look at their meals but soon turns awry.

The big screen adaptation is different from the same titled book, but nonetheless, it is one animation you would not want to miss if you are a fan of movies such as the recent Disney/Pixar's work, UP and so forth.

P.S. The only artist from the cast that was vaguely familiar to me was the voice played by Anna Faris (Sam).

The All-American Rejects Confirmed Concert in KL on the 31st of October 2009

2009-10-12T13:45:00.004+08:00

It is now certain that the band will be performing at Bukit Jalil's car park A on the 31st of October 2009 and guess who has tickets =)

I have 2, so another one is up for grabs, if you know what I mean *cha-ching*

Contact details are as above (within the FB badge)

On a final note, YES! HERE THEY COME!

Teenage and Young Malaysian Adult's Mentality

2009-10-07T20:32:00.003+08:00

It's another rant again. Sometimes, pray tell that some people (especially the younger generation) should be thought the importance of having class and at the very least common empathic sense. This is not just referring to a certain race, I'm referring to all of them.

To categorize these uneducated, senseless and no brainers for each race for Malaysians, here they are:

We Chinese have what we called Ah Liens for the girls and Ah Bengs for the guys. Translation - Posers. Basic characteristics include loving to act all high and mighty (but in true fact they aren't), flauntastic mode: ALWAYS ON and not to forget their debacle and arguing tactic is called 'beat around the bush, round and round it goes'.

Although I have no idea as to what nicks are given to Malays, I'm just going to cut straight to the chase. Aside from racism (yes, Malaysian Chinese are racists too, sue me) the Malay teens are obsessed with flaunting something that they acquired, but not through hard work but through shortcuts. They love boasting and boosting their ego despite having no basis on what they could boast and boost upon.

I can't say much about Indians. Thus far, this is one race I find to be rather on low key on the radar. They have what I call, a balance. Although, I have a few educated Indian friends and yes, they are by far the types most Malaysians (inclusive of both Chinese and Malays) should take examplary tips from.

Why am I bitching here? Look at this:

MOL Rocks Slogan Contest

Okay, the part where other slogans out there are a bit bland and unattractive, what ticked me off most is how much crap you see on the Wall of this event from the locals. Spamming. Plagiarism. Everything under the sun that taints it, isn't it just perfect?

Gawd, that makes my blood boil.

The All-American Rejects Live in Malaysia!

2009-10-05T13:33:00.004+08:00

WOOHOO! They're back again and this time the spotlight is on them. Back when it was MTV World Stage Live, they were a just a part of an ensemble cast such as Pixie Lott, Hoobastank and the likes of Boys Like Girls.

Anywho, there are two things to this upcoming event.

One being that I AM GOING TO THEIR CONCERT! *cues sound of applause* Thank you, thank you!

I took part in the 7-Eleven name that drink competition:

Slurpee ® Tainment

I won myself 2 tickets, yes that's right, TWO tickets! WHEE!

That was the good news. As for the bad news, AAR would not be coming on the supposed date of the concert which was this coming Saturday, 10th of October due to the reason as Tyson had suffer an infection on his knee, God speed his recovery!

Details about AAR's progress, postponement and updates can be found on their official site:

The All-American Rejects Official Site

God speed Tyson's recovery and again, WOOHOO!

Word Twist

2009-10-02T01:11:00.002+08:00

The following blog post is not meant to offend or as a mean of sarcasm but words which I had randomly found a twist behind it that makes the word itself funny when I was thinking of names for my upcoming RO private server, enjoy:

Dissidia (from the Final Fantasy PSP game) - Diss India
PMS - Pass Motion Syndrome
PIMP/pimp - Piss In My Pants

Totally random ._.

Diablo 3 Announces Another Class

2009-09-30T01:09:00.003+08:00

Yes, you heard me right, Diablo 3 gave us all a sneak peak at the first 3 classes - Barbarian, Witch Doctor and Wizard. Now, be astounded by a not so unique class but nonetheless, somewhat original to Diablo's realm, the Monk:

Diablo 3 Class: Monk

Blizzard also announced a new environment in the upcoming Diablo 3 called Borderlands, check it out here:

Diablo 3 Environment: Borderlands

Of course, I am still eagerly awaiting its release (TBA), hopefully when I'm done with my degree it'll be released by then.

Of blood ties irony

2009-09-27T20:51:00.004+08:00

It's funny how sometimes we think that things that happen in movies stays in movies, and how imaginative the mind of the story tellers will only be in the fantasy of their making. But alas, it is closer to reality than it is.

It is a fact that I'm no longer feeling the 'love' when it comes to my mother-and-son relationship with none other, and where does it all begin?

For starters - having to grow up half of my childhood under the parenting guardian of a babysitter instead of my own mother. It has been said that if a child that was raised by a babysitter, they would be more attached or clinging to that surrogate parent, rather than their own. This reminds me much like the 2007 movie The Nanny Diaries where Scarlett Johansson is the dubious nanny who had to babysit a boy from a wealthy family. Of course, if you had watch the movie you would have known that Grayer (the little boy from the movie) was having a totally crappy time because of the attention and affection that he craves, but from who? His parents of course. The father is tired of the relationship and is having an affair with flunkies in the office, the mother is so obsessed with her welfare and reputation she could not care less about her child. A childhood torn asunder by his own parents, a cruel fate to bestow upon the child.

But unlike the movie where a happy ending was ensued when all conflict has resolved, reality bites harder - for me. 'Why am I not close?', 'Why is he rejecting my shower of affection?', 'Why is he so distant when it comes to an understanding?'. My mom would most constantly ask herself these questions but for a fact, the answer already lies in her hands, yet she is being oblivious to it.

Perhaps she was feeling guilty for not being able to be there for me during the times when I needed a lecture on how to be a good person, or the times when I am still at the age in which she is subconsciously seeing me as even till today or it could just plainly be that she is too high strong for the wrong reasons and in a simpler description, ignorantly stubborn.

I am seriously, no, make that we - my sister and I are seriously disappointed at how much our mother had been making mistakes in which she make and had bound to repeat them time and time again. Why are we so distant, you ask? Well, for starters, since now you are only left with both your offsprings, should you not be closer to us? Should you not be sharing with us on things that in any logical minded person would think would be wise to include if need be? Perhaps, that's why there's no 'we' in 'family', because you are more tied to your bloodline, instead of the world you had created.

Tell yourself - if you want us to love you, more than just being filial piety, then start becoming a real part of the family.

Cabal SEA Alz Selling Site www.sea5173.com is a fake!

2009-08-24T17:23:00.003+08:00

To all those who plays in CabalSEA and buys Alz, this site - www.sea5173.com is a fake. A reminder not to buy from them or you will eventually regret it.

Seagm.com and Gosumall is a more reliable and trusted source than this fake site, so do NOT attempt to buy stuff from sea5173.

Changes & Adaptation

2009-08-18T01:49:00.002+08:00

Evolution. The very definition of change and adaptation.

Why do we change?

Many factors lead us to change, be it naturally, self controlled or succumbed to the need to change.

I may only be 22 now, but changes can happen so much, so often even in the shortest of times. I am no exception.

What was once familiar becomes vague. What was once out of reach is now within grasp. What was thought to be hard becomes an ordinary.

I use to think life was but a fairytale, but it was just the icing on the cake. What lies beneath the icing, is the real deal.

I always led a very care free life, or rather, a life of a himbo (the male version of bimbo). I was very stuck up, self centered and only cared what matters most to me. I have to admit, I still show these symptoms but I would usually later reflect back and see if it was wise of me to have been so (which in most cases, no). The only thing I am grateful from evolving from my past state when coping with issues like this is to repent, or regret but moving on with life through learning from these mistakes.

I learn that reality bites, but we live through it anyway. I learn that nothing matters as long as you don't make it a matter. I learn that hurting friends would hurt yourself too. I learn that life is like a punching dummy - get hit, go down and rise again. I learn that through pain only can you find the clear truth. I learn that only 1 person in your life is your true best friend. I learn with great power, comes an even greater respect for responsibility. I learn that we need to forgive ourselves before another forgives us.

I learn that no matter how difficult things get, we pick ourselves up and just keep moving.

Never give up. Never hold back. Never turn away. Never stop trying. Never be hindered to stride for your goal. Never regret and stay that way. Most importantly, never give up on life.

G. I. Joe

2009-08-15T13:33:00.002+08:00

This show was one of most movie seekers like myself would consider to be the anticipated movie of 2009 and yes, it was epic!

Although I'm not a fan of G. I. Joe and don't know much about the history, structure, stories and background of the animated series which I guess would be a contributing factor in which makes the movie a whole lot more enjoyable.

The movie had decent graphics combined with a whole lot of action packed scenes which backs up the rather dry story line and plot. It is in a word, predictive on how some scenes and all the pieces fits in as you would have guessed it would be.

Still, this is one of the movies I watch this year that I did not regret, looking forward to its sequel.